State Programs

Highlights of Statutory Benefits & Paid Family and Medical Leave Laws

This information shares highlights of these programs as well as information about changes as we learn them. For employers, these changes may affect billing and/or the amount of premium collected from employees.

 

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Sun Life can administer the following plans for your business:

CO PFML, CT PFML, HI TDI, MA PFML, NJ TDB, NY DBL/PFL, OR PFML and WA PFML

Many of the below states use the Social Security Wage Cap as part of their maximum contribution amount.

The Social Security Wage Cap for 2024 is $168,600

State-by-state information 

Plan Name

State Disability Insurance (SDI)

Paid Family Leave (PFL)

Year benefits began

SDI: 1946

PFL: 2004

Coverage options

Private plan, State plan

Types of private plans allowed Self-Insured (Sun Life does not offer)
Employers covered

Employers of 1 or more and $100 payroll in any quarter

Eligibility requirements

Earnings in base period of not less than $300 from which SDI taxes were withheld

Elimination period

SDI: 7 days for accident and sickness

PFL: 0 days for paid family leave

Benefit duration

SDI: 52 weeks

PFL: 8 weeks 

Benefit amount 60% of average weekly wage for employees who earn equal to or greater than the statewide average weekly wage (SAWW), 70% for employees’ who earn less than 1/3 of the SAWW
Maximum weekly benefit
  • 2023: $1,620
  • 2024: $1,620 (no change)
Minimum weekly benefit $50
Maximum employee contributions
  • 2023: 0.9% of employee covered wages up to $153,164
  • 2024: 1.1% of employee covered wages with no wage limit
Employer contributions Private plan: Balance of cost (if any); State plan: None
State resource

Employment Development Department

www.edd.ca.gov/Disability

Plan Name Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) 
Year benefits begin 2024
Coverage options Private plan, State plan
Types of private plans allowed Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Sun Life intends to offer both private plan administration options)
Employers covered All employers with one or more employees
Eligibility requirements Earned at least $2,500 in wages subject to premium under the law during the person’s base period or alternative base period, has elected coverage as a self-employed person, or has elected coverage as an employee of a local government where the local government has declined participation in the program
Elimination period 0 days
Benefit duration    
  • 12 weeks for family and medical leave within a 12-month period
  • Additional 4 weeks for serious health condition related to pregnancy or childbirth complications
  • Total combined maximum of 12 (or 16) weeks per application year
Benefit amount     90% of the employee’s average weekly wages up to 50% of the state’s average weekly wage (SAWW). Earnings greater than 50% of the SAWW wage will be paid at 50%.
State Average Weekly Wage As of 7/1/2023: $1,421.16
Maximum weekly benefit $1,100 through 12/31/2024
Minimum weekly benefit None
Maximum employee contributions

50% of premium on wages:

  • 2023: 9/10ths of 1% of wages
Employer contributions

50% of premium on wages:

  • 2023: 9/10ths of 1% of wages
State resource

Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (FAMLI)

Web: https://famli.colorado.gov/

Sun Life resource Colorado PFML page

Plan Name Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)
Year benefits began 2022
Coverage options Private plan, State plan
Types of private plans allowed Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Both private plan types are offered by Sun Life)
Employers covered All employers with one or more employees.
Eligibility requirements 
  • Have earned at least $2,325 from a CT employer during the employee’s highest earning quarter within the first four of the last five most recent quarters, and;
  • Is currently employed or was employed within the prior 12 weeks or is a self-employed individual or sole proprietor and Connecticut resident who has enrolled in the program
Elimination period 0 days
Benefit duration
  • 12 weeks for family and medical leave
  • Additional 2 weeks for pregnancy incapacity
  • 12 days for family violence (part of 12 weeks allotment)
Benefit amount 95% of employee’s average weekly earnings up to 40 times the minimum wage; plus 60% of earnings above 40 times the minimum wage.
Maximum weekly benefit

The total weekly compensation is capped at 60 times the minimum wage:

  • $900 effective 6/1/2023
  • $941.40 effective 1/1/2024
Minimum weekly benefit  None
Maximum employee contributions

0.5%, up to the Social Security Wage Cap

Employer contributions None
Post-employment period of coverage 12 weeks
Special considerations CT PFML requires an affirmative vote by a majority of employees (50% plus 1) in order for a private plan to be offered. Sun Life is available to help with the vote.
State resource

Connecticut Paid Leave Authority

Web: www.ctpaidleave.org

Sun Life resource Connecticut PFML page

Plan Name Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)
Year benefits begin January 1, 2026 (Contributions begin January 1, 2025)
Coverage options Private plan, State plan
Types of private plans allowed Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Sun Life intends to offer both private plan administration options)
Employers covered

The law applies to all employers who have employed 10 or more employees working in the state of Delaware during the previous 12 months.

  • Employers with 10-24 employees working in DE during the last 12 month must provide paid parental leave
  • Employers with 25+ employees working in DE during the last 12 months must provide paid leave for parental, family caregiving and an employee’s own serious health condition
Eligibility requirements Employees who have been employed by the employer for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the 12-month period prior to their leave
Elimination period 0 days
Benefit duration    

As noted above, the duty to provide different leave benefits varies by employer size.  Employers with 10 to 24 employees working in Delaware must provide only paid parental leave.  Employers with 25 or more employees working in Delaware must provide medical and family caregiving leaves in addition to paid parental leaves. The benefit duration depends on the leave reason.

  • The maximum number of weeks available for parental leave is 12 weeks per application year
  • The maximum aggregate number of weeks of family caregiving, qualifying exigency, and medical leave is 6 weeks per any 24-month period

Family and caregiving benefits are only available one time any 24 month period.  This limitation does not apply to parental or medical leave benefits, if applicable.

Benefit amount     80% of the covered individual’s average weekly wages rounded up to the nearest dollar during the 12 months prior to the application for leave
Maximum weekly benefit $900 through December 31, 2027
Minimum weekly benefit $100
Maximum employee contributions

50% of premium on covered wages

Employer contributions

For 2025 and 2026:

  • the contributions rate for medical leave benefits is 0.4% of wages;
  • the contribution rate for family caregiving is 0.08% of wages; and
  • the contribution rate of parental leave is 0.32% of wages

The employer may elect to pay all or any portion of the employee’s share of contributions

State resource

TBD

Sun Life resource DE PFML Overview

Plan Name Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI)
Year benefits began 1969
Coverage options Private Plan 
Types of private plans allowed Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Fully Insured plans are offered by Sun Life)
Employers covered All employers with limited exclusions
Eligibility requirements Remuneration for at least 20 hours and wages of at least $400 for a HI employer during the 52 weeks immediately preceding disability
Elimination period 7 days for accident and sickness
Benefit duration 26 weeks within benefit year
Benefit amount 58% of employee’s average weekly wages that do not exceed 121% of the statewide average weekly wage (SAWW) 
Maximum weekly wage base
  • 2023: $1,318.48
  • 2024: $1,374.78
Maximum weekly benefit
  • 2023: $765
  • 2024: $798
Minimum weekly benefit No minimum
Maximum employee contributions
  • 2023: 50% of the cost, but not more than 0.5% of covered wages, up to $6.59 per week
  • 2024: 50% of the cost, but not more than 0.5% of covered wages, up to $6.87 per week
Employer contributions Balance of cost (if any)
Post-employment period of coverage 2 weeks
State resource

Department of Labor & Industrial Relations - Disability Compensation Division

Webwww.labor.hawaii.gov

Sun Life resource What is Hawaii Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI)?

Plan Name

Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)

Year benefits begin

May 1, 2026 (Contributions begin January 1, 2025)

Coverage options

Private plan, State plan

Types of private plans allowed

Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Sun Life intends to offer both private plan administration options)

Employers covered

All private and public employers with one or more employees, except the federal government, are covered. Tribal governments and the self-employed will be able to opt into the program.

Eligibility requirements

Employees are eligible for leave when they have earned at least six times the state average weekly wage (SAWW) during their base period. The base period is the first 4 calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of the individual’s benefit year.

Elimination period

  • 7 calendar days for PML
  • No waiting period for PFL

Benefit duration    

Eligible employees can take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for qualifying leave reasons in a benefit year. The benefit year is the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the calendar week immediately preceding the date on which family leave benefits or medical leave benefits commence.

Benefit amount    

The weekly benefit amount paid to covered individuals will be:
  • 90% of the covered individual’s average weekly wage up to 50% of the SAWW; plus
  • 66% of the covered individuals average weekly wages that exceed 50% of the SAWW.

Maximum weekly benefit

The initial maximum weekly benefit amount will be 100% of the SAWW and will be adjusted annually.

Minimum weekly benefit

None

State rate

2025: 1.00% of wages up to the Social Security Wage Cap

Maximum employee contributions

50% of the state rate: 0.05% of wages1

1employer can pay all

Employer contributions

Employers with 15+ employees: 0.05%

Employers with less than 15 employees: 0.0%

State resource

 ME Department of Labor

Sun Life resource

ME PFML Overview

Plan Name

Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) 

Year benefits begin

January 1, 2026 (Contributions begin October 1, 2024)

Coverage options

Private plan, State plan

Types of private plans allowed

Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Sun Life intends to offer both private plan administration options)

Employers covered

All employers with one or more employees working in the state

Eligibility requirements

An eligible employee is an employee who has worked at least 680 hours over a 12-month period preceding the date on which their leave begins.

Elimination period

0 days

Benefit duration    

12 weeks for family and medical leave within a 12-month period

Additional 12 weeks of leave benefits if, in the same application year, they:

  • Received benefits because they were bonding with a new child or become eligible to receive benefits to bond with a new child; or
  • Received benefits because of a need for leave for their own serious health condition or become eligible to receive benefits for leave for their own serious health condition.

Benefit amount    

90% of average weekly wages up to 65% of the statewide average weekly wage (SAWW).; plus 50% of average weekly wages above 65% of the statewide average weekly wage, up to the maximum weekly benefit amount.

Maximum weekly benefit

2026: $1,000

Minimum weekly benefit

$50

State rate 0.90% of wages

Maximum employee contributions

 

Up to 50% of total premium due

Employer contributions

 

Shared 50/50 with the employee, or the employer may elect to pay all or any portion of the employee’s share of contributions. The total contribution rate will not exceed 1.2% of wages up to the Social Security Wage Cap.

State resource

Maryland Department of Labor - FAMLI Division

https://paidleave.maryland.gov/

Sun Life resource

MD PFML Overview

Plan Name Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) 
Year benefits began 2021
Coverage options  Private Plan, State Plan
Types of private plans allowed Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Both private plan types are offered by Sun Life)
Employers covered Employers of 1 or more employees
Eligibility requirements Employees providing services in Massachusetts, including full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary, on call, per diem or seasonal employees who meet the financial eligibility requirements under the MA PFML law (i.e., earning sufficient income from any MA employer within the past 12 months prior to the leave to be eligible for MA unemployment compensation benefits (currently $6,300)).
Elimination period 7 consecutive calendar days for each claim for leave except for bonding when taken immediately following paid medical leave for childbirth.
Benefit duration
  • 26 weeks combined
  • 26 weeks for care of an injured service member
  • 20 weeks for employee’s own serious health condition
  • 12 weeks for family leave (all in a Benefit Year)
Benefit amount 80% of average weekly wages up to 50% of the statewide average weekly wage (SAWW). All earnings above that will be replaced at 50% up to the maximum benefit.
State Average Weekly Wage
  • 2023: $1,765.34
  • 2024: $1,796.72
Maximum weekly benefit

To be adjusted to 64% of the SAWW annually: 

  • 2023: $1,129.82
  • 2024: $1,149.90
Minimum weekly benefit None
Maximum employee contributions

2023: Employers can charge employees up to 0.208% of taxable wages for Medical Leave and 0.11% of taxable wages for Family Leave. These withholding percentages are the same regardless of employer size. Read more here.

2024: Employers can charge employees up to 0.28% of taxable wages for Medical Leave and 0.18% of taxable wages for Family Leave. These withholding percentages are the same regardless of employer size. Read more here.

 
Employer contributions

Employers with more than 25 employees:

  • 2023: The contribution rate decreases to 0.63% of wages up to Social Security limit minus amounts permitted to be charged to employees. Employers with fewer than 25 employees do not need to remit the employer share of premiums. Read more here.
  • 2024: The contribution rate increases to 0.88% of wages up to Social Security limit minus amounts permitted to be charged to employees. Employers with fewer than 25 employees do not need to remit the employer share of premiums. Read more here.
Post-employment period of coverage 26 weeks post-employment
State resource

Department of Family and Medical Leave

Webwww.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-family-and-medical-leave

Sun Life resource Massachusetts PFML page

Plan Name

Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) 

Year benefits begin

January 1, 2026; Contributions also begin January 1, 2026

Coverage options

Private plan, State plan

Types of private plans allowed

Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Sun Life intends to offer both private plan administration options)

Employers covered

All employers with one or more employees working in the state

Eligibility requirements

While working in MN, have earned at least 5.3% of the state’s average annual wage during the most recent 4 completed calendar quarters

Elimination period

7 calendar days unless the leave is related to bonding, in which case there is no elimination period.

Benefit duration    

Within a single year, you'll be able to take:

  • Up to 12 weeks of medical leave or family leave for a single qualifying event.
  • Up to 20 weeks of combined medical and family leave if you have more than one qualifying event in the same claim year. This could include medical leave for pregnancy or to recover from giving birth, then family leave to bond with your baby. Or you could qualify for family leave to care for a family member, then medical leave for yourself within the same year.

The minimum increment of leave available is one workday in a workweek.

Benefit amount    

MN PFML uses a three-tiered benefit schedule. Employees are entitled to receive benefits equal to:

  • 90% of wages that do not exceed 50% of the state's average weekly wage; plus
  • 66% of wages that exceed 50% of the state's average weekly wage but not 100%; plus
  • 55% of wages that exceed 100% of the state's average weekly wage.

The maximum weekly benefit amount will equal the state's average weekly wage which is calculated on or before June 30 of each year.

Maximum weekly benefit

100% of state’s average weekly wage (SAWW)

Minimum weekly benefit

N/A

Maximum employee contributions

50% of premium on wages

Employer contributions

Shared 50/50 with the employee, or the employer may elect to pay all or any portion of the employee’s share of contributions. The total contribution rate is 0.70% up to the Social Security Wage Cap, with employers and employees each responsible for .35%. For employers with fewer than 30 employees, the amount of wages upon which quarterly employer premium is required is reduced.

State resource

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Web: https://mn.gov/deed/programs-services/paid-family/

Sun Life resource

MN PFML Overview

Plan Name

Temporary Disability Benefits (TDB)

Family Leave Insurance (FLI)

Year benefits began

TDB: 1948

FLI: 2009 

Coverage options Private Plan, State Plan
Types of private plans allowed

TDB: Fully Insured (Offered by Sun Life) 

FLI: Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Not offered by Sun Life) 

Employers covered Employers of 1 or more who pay $1,000 or more in total wages
Eligibility requirements Either 20 weeks of employment in NJ during base year with earnings of at least $240 per week or $12,000 per year in 2022
Elimination period

TDB: 7 days for accident and sickness but if benefits are paid for 3 consecutive weeks then benefits become payable for the first 7 days

FLI: 0 days 

Benefit duration

(Combined maximum 26 weeks)

TDB: 26 weeks

FLI: 12 weeks 

Benefit amount 85% of average weekly wages
Maximum weekly benefit
  • 2023: $1,025
  • 2024: $1,055
Minimum weekly benefit None
Maximum employee contributions

TDB:

2023:

  • No cost to employees

2024:

  • No cost to employees
Employer contributions

TDB :

  • State plan: 0.1% to 0.75% of taxable wages of each employee, depending on experience rating
  • Private plan: all premium due 

FLI: None 

Post-employment period of coverage

TDB: 2 weeks

FLI: None

Special considerations

S2304/2374 expand the definition of accident and sickness as well as disability for purposes of TDB and serious health condition for purposes of FLI to include an illness caused by an epidemic of a communicable disease, a known or suspected exposure to a communicable disease, or efforts to prevent spread of a communicable disease, which requires in-home care or treatment of the employee (TDB) or a family member (FLI) of the employee due to: 

  • The issuance by a health care professional (HCP) or a public health authority (PHA) of a determination that the presence of an employee or family member (as applicable) may jeopardize the health of others; and 
  • The recommendation, direction or order of the HCP or PHA that the employee or family member (as applicable) be isolated or quarantined because of suspected exposure to the communicable disease. 
State resource

Division of Disability Insurance Service

Webwww.myleavebenefits.nj.gov

Plan Name 

Disability Benefits Law (DBL)

Paid Family Leave (NY PFL)

Year benefits began

DBL: 1949

NY PFL: 2018

Coverage options   Private Plan, State Insurance Fund
Types of private plans allowed Fully Insured, Self-insured (Fully insured plans are offered by Sun Life) 
Employers covered Employers of 1 or more employees on each of at least 30 days in one calendar year
Eligibility requirements

DBL: 4 consecutive weeks of covered employment in NY (does not need to be with current employer)  

NY PFL: 26 consecutive weeks of full-time employment or 175 days of part-time employment with current employer

Elimination period 

DBL: 7 days for accident and sickness

NY PFL: 0 days for paid family leave

Benefit duration

DBL: 26 weeks

NY PFL: 12 weeks

Combined maximum: 26 weeks

Benefit amount

DBL: 50% of weekly wages

NY PFL: 67% of average weekly wages

Statewide Average Weekly Wage

2023: $1,688.19

2024: $1,718.15

Maximum weekly benefit 

DBL: $170 (eff. since 5/1/89)

NY PFL:

  • 2023: $1,131.08
  • 2024: $1,151.16
Minimum weekly benefit 

DBL: $20

NY PFL: None 

Maximum employee contributions

DBL: 0.50% of employee wages to a maximum of $.60 per week

NY PFL:

  • 2023: 0.455% to a maximum of $399.43
  • 2024: 0.373% to a maximum of $333.25
Employer contributions 

DBL: Balance of cost (if any)

NY PFL: None

Post-employment period of coverage

DBL: 4 weeks

NY PFL: None

State resource 

Disability Benefits Bureau - Workers Compensation Bureau

Webwww.wcb.ny.gov 

Sun Life resource NY PFL page
*NY PFL is offered as a rider to NY DBL

Plan Name Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)
Year benefits began September 3, 2023
Coverage options Equivalent Plan, State Plan
Types of private plans allowed Fully Insured, Self-Insured (Sun Life intends to offer both plan administration options)
Employers covered All private employers, state agencies and local governmental agencies
Eligibility requirements  Employees are eligible to take leave if they have earned at least $1,000 in wages during the base year for an Oregon employer
Elimination period  None
Benefit duration 
  • 12 weeks combined for paid family leave, paid medical leave and paid safe leave 
  • Additional 2 weeks for pregnancy or childbirth complications, including lactation
Benefit amount 100% of employee’s average weekly wages that that are less than 65% of the statewide average weekly wage (SAWW). 50% of employee’s average weekly wages that are equal to or exceed 65% of the SAWW
State Average Weekly Wage As of 7/1/23: $1,269.69
Maximum weekly benefit 

120% of the SAWW 

  • 9/3/23: $1,523.63
Minimum weekly benefit

5% of the SAWW 

  • 9/3/23: $63.48
Maximum employee contributions

2023: Total rate may not exceed 1% of employee wages up to a maximum of $132,900 in wages. Employees pay 60% of that rate.

2024: Total rate may not exceed 1% of employee wages up to the Social Security Wage Cap. Employees pay 60% of that rate.

Employer contributions  Employers pay 40% of that rate unless they have fewer than 25 employees in which case premium is not required, but can be paid to secure the employer’s right to access certain grant money to be used in the event of employee leave
State resource 

Paid Leave Oregon

Webwww.oregon.gov/employ/PFMLI 

Sun Life resource Oregon PFML page

Plan Name

Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI)

Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI)

Year benefits began

TDI: 1942 

TCI: 2014

Coverage options  State Plan
Types of private plans allowed None
Employers covered  Employers of 1 or more who can earn more than $1,000 per quarter for a RI employer
Eligibility requirements  Either RI base year earnings of $16,800; or at least $2,800 in one of the base period quarters and base period wages of at least 1.5 times the highest quarter earnings and total base period wages of at least $5,600
Elimination period  None; however, an individual is still required to be out of work for 7 consecutive days in order to be eligible for benefits (eff. 7/1/12) 
Benefit duration Combined maximum 30 weeks

TDI: when you reach 36% of your total base period wages divided by your weekly benefit rate to a maxmimum of 30 weeks 

TCI:

  • 2022: 5 weeks
  • 2023: 6 weeks
Benefit amount  4.62% of highest quarterly wages in the base period (additional dependent’s allowance may also be payable)
Maximum weekly benefit
  • 7/1/2022: 60% to $1,007
  • 7/1/2023: 60% to $1,043
Minimum weekly benefit

TDI:

  • 7/1/2022: $107
  • 7/1/2023: $130

TCI: None

Maximum employee contributions
  • 2023: 1.1% of the first $84,000 in earnings
  • 2024: 1.2% of the first $87,000 in earnings
Employer contributions None
Post-employment period of coverage None
State resources 

Department of Labor & Training - Temporary Disability Insurance

Webwww.dlt.ri.gov/tdi 

Plan Name Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)
Year benefits began 2020
Coverage options  Voluntary Plan, State Plan
Types of private plans allowed Self-Insured (Sun Life offers a Self-Insured plan)
Employers covered  Public and private employers employing one or more individual in the state are subject to this law. Federal employers, federally recognized tribes and self-employed persons are exempt from the program, but federally recognized tribes and self-employed persons can elect into the program
Eligibility requirements  A covered employee is eligible after working 820 hours in WA for any employer during the qualifying period. The “qualifying period” is the first four of the last five calendar quarters or, if eligibility is not established, the last four completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the application for leave.
Elimination period  7 consecutive calendar days per benefit year (waived for childbirth, bonding, and exigency claims)
Benefit duration 
  • 12 weeks of family leave for bonding, care of a family member
  • 12 weeks of medical leave for employee’s own serious health condition 
  • 16 weeks of combined medical and family leave per benefit year
  • An additional two weeks of paid medical leave for employees incapacitated by a serious health condition during pregnancy (max. combined 18 weeks) 
  • Up to 7 calendar days for the purpose of child bereavement
Benefit amount The benefits are paid at 90% of the employee’s average weekly wages, up to 50% of the state’s average weekly wage (SAWW). Any portion of the employee’s wages that exceed 50% of the SAWW will be paid at 50%. 
State Average Weekly Wage
  • 2023: $1,586
  • 2024: $1,618
Maximum weekly benefit

The maximum weekly benefit will be adjusted each September 1 and take effect the January 1 thereafter.

  • 2023: $1,427
  • 2024: $1,456
Minimum weekly benefit $100 or the employee’s average weekly wage if it is less than $100  
Total premium rate
  • 2023: 0.8% of gross wages
  • 2024: 0.74% of gross wages
Maximum Employee contributions 
  • 2023: 72.76%
  • 2024: 71.43%
Maximum Employer contributions 

Employers with 50 or more employees must contribute.

  • 2023: 27.24%
  • 2024: 28.57%
Post-employment period of coverage None
State resources 

Employment Security Department – Paid Family and Medical Leave

Webwww.paidleave.wa.gov 

Sun Life resources Washington PFML page

Plan Name Paid Family Leave (PFL)
Year benefits began 2020
Coverage options State Plan
Types of private plans allowed  None
Employers covered  Any businesses performing services in DC that also pay unemployment insurance taxes for their employees. Non-profit organizations and household employers that pay unemployment insurance tax. 
Eligibility requirements  An employee who spends more than 50% of their work time for a covered employer in DC or work for a covered employer that is based in DC, spends a substantial amount of their work time in DC and spends no more than 50% of their work time for the employer in another location. 
Elimination period  7 consecutive calendar day waiting period. Only one waiting period must be met per year. 
Benefit duration
  • 12 weeks for employee's own serious health condition, paid parental leave, or care of a family member
  • 2 weeks for qualifying prenatal leave
  • Up to 12 weeks of combined maximum paid family leave
  • Up to 14 weeks of combined 2 weeks prenatal and 12 weeks parental leave
Benefit amount Employees receive 90% of their average weekly wage up to 150% of DC’s minimum wage multiplied by 40, and employees receive 50% of any amount earned in excess of 150% of DC’s minimum wage multiplied by 40
Maximum weekly benefit
  • $1,049 (eff. 9/25/2022)
  • $1,118 (effective 7/1/2023)
Minimum weekly benefit None
Maximum employee contributions None
Employer contributions
  • 0.62% of payroll (eff. 10/1/2021)
  • 0.26% of payroll (eff. 10/1/2022)
Special considerations DC PFL does not allow Short-Term Disability policies to offset the DC PFL benefit  
State resources 

Office of Paid Family Leave - Temporary Disability Insurance

Webwww.does.dc.gov/page/dc-paid-family-leave

It is the employer’s responsibility to comply with the law through a state plan or private plans – and Sun Life is here to help. We are committed to providing information and tools to help employers meet state requirements.

Let us administer your private plans alongside other benefits like Short-Term Disability and federal, state and local unpaid leaves of absence to help streamline your absence experience.

Visit the Sun Life PFML page for more information. 

 

This material is not legal advice and is provided for informational purposes only. Employers should consult their own employment or benefits counsel for advice concerning their specific obligations under state-mandated disability benefit laws.

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